-
Welcome to PurpleFlock! Be sure to sign up here so that you can chat with your fellow Ravens fans.
Lamar, The Running Game and The Defensive Collapse
- Thread starter rossihunter2
- Start date
UPennChem
Hall of Famer
Yeah but this is another spot where EDC knew what was happening and chose to roll with our guys (Boyle). TRUST ME, I KNOW HE CAN'T OVERHAUL THE WHOLE TEAM. That would be ridiculous to expect, but like... We knew our RBs weren't ready, we got lucky to get Drake and he's been really blegh. At TE we knew Boyle wasn't ready, we just said hey how bout I let Oliver ruin our running game by being blown up every play. At T, Stanley is still not ready so let's roll with a perma-injured James who's never played LT. We have no OLBs.
A good effort was made at CB but has just been ravaged with injuries again. It's really tough being an NFL GM. I hope there are things that Roman can do to help. I hope maybe there are things EDC can still do to help.
another key moment i forgot about until just now
the isaiah likely drop on 3rd and long when it looked like mekari was gonna get called for holding but then they waved the flag off
the isaiah likely drop on 3rd and long when it looked like mekari was gonna get called for holding but then they waved the flag off
UPennChem
Hall of Famer
Does anyone think MM realized our current roster is not capable of getting outside pressure outside of maybe 2 plays a game. And then when their OL was up to the challenge of our interior rush, he knew there was no chance to get home?
And that's why he just didn't send guys to pressure Tua?
And that's why he just didn't send guys to pressure Tua?
CanadianRavensFan
Practice Squad
This running game has to get fixed. Our unability to do anything on the ground hurt this team late in the game when we were trying to seal it away
The Ravens had the most opponent passing yards per game played by a team in 2021, and they are sure off to a bad start.
at T he's done great - not only did we have james, we also had mekari and brought in faalele and moses...
TE is just weird - not sure what's going on with nick boyle at all
he's expended a bunch of resources at various positions - like what else is he supposed to have done with the resources we had available?
only really obvious thing that could have been done differently was picking someone other than kyle hamilton at 14... but then who do we pick instead of him who makes a dramatic difference here? the only other thing maybe is zadarius smith... but he walked away from that deal to sign basically the same deal with the vikings not EDC
SaltyDog
MVP
Wink was the man, but he’s gone. Our secondary got beat like a rented mule today. Lots of confusion. Also the pass rush was MIA. WTF? Made Tua look real good. 469/6/2
Marlon missed a lot of the 2nd half
MP was in and out
when the defence was more stable in the 1st half, Pepe got to play as the slot and JAD came in with a defined role in relief of MP - 2nd half those roles went out the window i think as suddenly guys were having to play all over the field in different roles on a snap to snap basis
everyone on defence was better in the 1st half - on an academic level it will be interesting to see what happened schematically in the 2nd half to change the game so dramatically
felt like he got aggressive in the 2nd half today because we werent getting pressure...
think we dropped more guys into coverage in the 1st half
ravenslord
Ravens Ring of Honor
Is Wink available ?
All_black_everything
Pro Bowler
Smfh. How did I go from happy drunk to irritated drunk in one quarter. See y’all midweek!
Agreed. I thought all of the guys did some impressive things (including all of the rookies that are currently being shit on) but it all just fell apart.
it's also tough to have 3 rookies on the backend all at the same time communication-wise - and surprise, surprise it was miscommunication that killed us more than a couple of times in the secondary
BoredMarine13
Ravens Ring of Honor
Yep, ferg was the biggest name and he sucked.